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EULAR definition of arthralgia suspicious for progression to rheumatoid arthritis
Correspondence to Dr Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands; AvdHelm{at}lumc.nl Background ...
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Tofacitinib for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis: a phase III, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
Objective To assess the efficacy/safety of tofacitinib in adult patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods This phase III, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study enrolled ...
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Efficacy and safety of tofacitinib versus baricitinib in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in real clinical practice: analyses with propensity score-based inverse probability ...
Correspondence to Professor Yoshiya Tanaka, First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan; tanaka{at}med.uoeh-u.ac.jp ...
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POS0277 ANABOLIC EFFECT OF LNA043, A NOVEL DISEASE-MODIFYING OSTEOARTHRITIS DRUG CANDIDATE: RESULTS FROM AN IMAGING-BASED PROOF-OF-CONCEPT TRIAL IN ...
3 Horizon Clinical Research, Grossmont Orthopedic Medical Group, San Diego, United States of America 4 Rush University Medical Center, Department of Orthopedics, Chicago, United States of America ...
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Comparative analysis of SGLT-2 expression in renal vasculitis and lupus nephritis
Correspondence to Dr Björn Tampe, Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen 37075, Germany; bjoern.tampe{at}med.uni-goettingen.de In summary, this ...
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Identification of crystals in synovial fluid
Synovial fluids can contain a number of crystals and other particulate matter. Some of these, particularly monosodium urate monohydrate (MSUM) and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystals, are ...
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Psoriasis assessment tools in clinical trials
1 Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA 2 Department of Dermatology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA ...
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2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Objective To develop and validate revised classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). Methods Patients with vasculitis or comparator diseases were recruited into an ...
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TARA study: a new perspective on tapering drugs in RA
Correspondence to Dr Varun Dhir, Internal Medicine (Rheumatology Unit), Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India; varundhir{at}gmail.com We read with great ...
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IL-23 skin and joint profiling in psoriatic arthritis: novel perspectives in understanding clinical responses to IL-23 inhibitors
Objectives To determine the relationship between synovial versus skin transcriptional/histological profiles in patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ...
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2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria for microscopic polyangiitis
4 Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitario Lisboa Norte, Universidade de Lisboa, and Centro Académico deMedicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal 5 Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre ...
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Weaning of maintenance immunosuppressive therapy in lupus nephritis (WIN-Lupus): results of a multicentre randomised controlled trial
Objectives Lupus nephritis (LN) is a frequent complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Severe (proliferative) forms of LN are treated with induction immunosuppressive therapy (IST), ...